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Social Enterprise UK liaises with similar groups in each region of England, as well as in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is a membership organisation. In 2011, more than seven thousand social enterprises were members of Social Enterprise UK. Social enterprises sometimes deliver public services. [3]
The first social enterprise agency in the UK, Social Enterprise London was established in 1998 [1] after collaboration between co-operative businesses (Poptel, Computercraft Ltd, Calverts Press, Artzone), a number of co-operative development agencies (CDAs), and infrastructure bodies supporting co-operative enterprise development (Co-operative Training London, Co-operative Party, London ICOM ...
Social Investment Business (SIB) is a UK registered charity and trading company that offers loans, grants and other financial products to charities and social enterprises. SIB manages one of the largest social investment portfolios in the UK. Its foundation pioneered community investment in the UK and, to date, has leveraged over £30 million ...
In 2017 he was appointed to be the chair of Social Enterprise UK, an umbrella body for social enterprises in the UK. [11] In February 2020 he introduced a Commission on Social Investment to record experiences of how the social investment market worked with social enterprises and then produce recommendations for any changes or improvements. [12]
Paget launched the UK's first compostable plastic bottle [3] in 2006. [4] In 2007 Belu was officially launched as an environmental social enterprise. Paget appointed Karen Lynch, previously Barclays Branch Marketing Manager, as a new MD in 2010. Karen Lynch secured a national network of customers, making Belu a respected name in the hospitality ...
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The community interest company emerged from many sources, often citing the absence in the UK of a company form for not-for-profit social enterprises similar to those in other countries. A first significant proposal for a new company form in the UK was advanced in 2001 in "The case for the Public Interest Company", [ 5 ] by Paul Corrigan, Jane ...
This is an annotated list of social enterprises sufficiently notable to have a Wikipedia article, in alphabetical order. For quick navigation, click on one of the letters: For quick navigation, click on one of the letters: